ERIC Number: EJ1240804
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Barriers and Solutions to Participation in Family-Based Education Interventions
Lingwood, Jamie; Levy, Rachael; Billington, Josie; Rowland, Caroline
International Journal of Social Research Methodology, v23 n2 p185-198 2020
The fact that many sub-populations do not take part in research, especially participants from lower socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds, is a serious problem in education research. To increase the participation of such groups we must discover what social, economic and practical factors prevent participation, and how to overcome these barriers. In the current paper, we review the literature on this topic, before describing a case study that demonstrates four potential solutions to four barriers to participation in a shared reading intervention for families from lower SES backgrounds. We discuss the implications of our findings for family-based interventions more generally, and the difficulty of balancing strategies to encourage participation with adhering to the methodological integrity of a research study.
Descriptors: Intervention, Family Programs, Barriers, Educational Research, Participatory Research, Disadvantaged, Parent Child Relationship, Language Acquisition, Recruitment, Persistence, Foreign Countries, Reading Aloud to Others, Young Children, Preschool Teachers, Family School Relationship, Self Efficacy, Familiarity, Literature Appreciation, Scheduling, Socioeconomic Status, Research Problems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Liverpool)
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